Improvement in machine for burring- wool



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DANIEL. L. JONES AND GEORGE TQ JONES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Pa'tent No. 86,078, dated .Tarma/ry 19, 1869.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, DANIEL L. J onnsand GEORGE T. JONES, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Wool-Bnrring-Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

Our ,invention consists of the combination and arrangement of a certain shield, and the drawing, burring, and slatted rollers of a wool-bnrring-machine, as.

fully described hereafter, so as to facilitate the passage of the dirt* and knots from the wool, while the escape of the shorter fibres om the burring-roller is pre-` vented.

In order to enable others skilled in theart to make land use our invention, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part vof this specification, and in which- Fignre 4l is a. sectional elevation of our improved wool-hurring-machine .Eigure 2, a plan View; and

Figure 3, a detached view, partly in section.

A is the frame of the machine;

B, the card-cylinder; -a a', parallel rollers, between which the wool is drawn to the burying-roller C; and e b is a slatted roller, which revolves directly beneath, and with its blades or ribs almost in contact with the burn'ng-roller C.

Inasmuch as the parts above referred to are well known to those familiar' with this class of machinery,

a. more minute description of the same will be .uunecessary.

At one side of the roller C, and between the rollers a' and b, is a shield, e, which is 'curved to correspond to the roller C, with the facev of which it is almost in contact, while the rear edge of the plate is in such a.

vposition that the blades of the roller b pass almost in contact with it. y

As the wool is carried downward by -the roller it passes over the shield e, which eiieetually prevents the escape of loose fibres, while the dust and smaller pare ticles of dirt in thewooi slide clown the plate, and fall over its edge.

As the' wool passes from contact with the plate, the.

burrs and knots protrude, amd are struck by the slats or ribs of the rollerib and thrown to one side in the ordinary manner, the Wool passing from the buryingroller to the card-cylinder B.

The slatted roller b, rotating so that the edges of its slats-shall pass nearly in contact with, the-edge o' the plate e, insures the .separation of all b'urrs or knots from the Wool, without disengaging any portion of the fleece from the barring-roller, the plate e, in fact, re* taining the fleece in contact with the roller, and only permitting its knots or burrs to project from the face at a point where they may be struck by the slatted roller b. y

The shield e may be perforated, ora series of small parallel rollers or slats, which wiil allow the dust-tc pass between them, without permitting the fibres to escape from the roller C, may be substituted for the shield.

. We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination and arrangement of the shield c, and drawing, burying, and slatted rollers', as and for the purpose described. In testimonywhereof, we haNe signed our names 'to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

DANIEL L. JONES. Witnesses: GEORGE T.`JONES'.

JosEPH G. W-nm, JOSEPH S. Maur.. 

